<p>The <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/vancouver-canucks/line-combinations">Vancouver Canucks</a> have announced that forwards Elias Pettersson and Nils Hoglander will not return to Saturday’s matinee game versus the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/new-york-rangers/line-combinations">New York Rangers</a>.</p>



<p>The Rangers took the game 5-3 in what was a hectic third period which would be ended by former Canucks forward J.T. Miller firing a shot into the empty net.</p>



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canucks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Canucks</a> F Nils Höglander and F Elias Pettersson will not return to today’s game.</p>— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) <a href="https://twitter.com/Canucks/status/1903529102260552054?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>



<p>Hoglander logged 12 shifts, one shot and 7:03 minutes of ice time while Pettersson logged 14 shifts, one hit and 7:50 minutes of ice time.</p>



<p>Pettersson has tallied 15 goals and 30 assists for 45 points in 64 games this season. Pettersson is in the first year of an eight-year pact that carries an $11.6-million annual average value, per&nbsp;<a href="https://puckpedia.com/player/elias-pettersson" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">PuckPedia</a>, the fifth-highest salary cap hit across the NHL. The 26-year-old Swedish-born forward is two years from a career season where he finished with 102 points, 39 goals, and 63 assists coming in 80 outings. Pettersson also had a successful showing during the 2023-24 campaign as he registered 34 goals and 55 assists for 89 points in 82 games.</p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="185"></div>



<p>Hoglander has tallied six goals and 15 assists for 21 points in 65 games this season. Hoglander signed a three-year, $3 million AAV extension at the beginning of the season.</p>



<p>In 80 games, he scored a career-high 24 goals and 36 points. He also played in 11 of Vancouver’s games during the Stanley Cup Playoffs, posting a goal and an assist. The Canucks were ultimately eliminated by the&nbsp;<a href="https://oilersnation.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Edmonton Oilers</a>&nbsp;in seven games in the Pacific Division Final.</p>



<p>Höglander was originally taken by the Canucks in the second round, 40th overall, in the 2019 NHL Draft. He would come over from his native Sweden in 2020-21 and had a great rookie season, scoring 27 points in 56 games. His production diminished a little in 2021-22, with the Rögle BK product seeing time in the American Hockey League with the Abbotsford Canucks in 2022-23.</p><div class="injected-ad" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="1" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="141"></div>
